theimperiousdork wrote:
Kim Jong-il is dead. Is it worthy to be celebrated, or deplored all the more?
If I judge this solely...
* ...their merits and I hold them accountable to higher law, I would be relieved but not glad.
* ...by my emotional and irrational response, I would celebrate.
* ...on another emotional and irrational response, I would become furious.
* ...by the value of life, I would only increase my mourning.
* ...by what others think, I would acquire split personality(ies).
The first response describes me. Sometimes, I wonder what life must be like for those that feel the full gamut of human emotion and can still describe and maintain a certain connection to them. Even when I try to express emotion, the words never seem to fit because, "indifference," and, "apathy," are hardly ever true judging from their connotations, but it seems to be something closer to, "calm," which still does not work because of my neurotic behavior.